Answer: substitutes

AnswerCrossword Clue
SUBSTITUTESBenchwarmers.
substitutesA sports player nominated as eligible to replace another after a game has begun
substitutesA person or thing acting or serving in place of another
substitutesA person or thing that becomes the object of love or other emotion deprived of its natural outlet
substitutesSUBSTITUTE, to put or use in the place of another